Who Says You Can't Go Home

My to-do list is officially finished.

I am packed (though the car still remains empty).

I finished all 27 pages of my internship project.

And tomorrow I get to spend the day with Megan and baby Taylor at the aquarium for a "pre-birthday" celebration.



Sunday is the day...off to the northwest yet again. While I was packing the inevitable urge to look at old scrapbooks and journals wrenched my heart and begged it to cling to the walls and never leave. I've been at Pine Creek a crazy amount since school started and feel like an alien already. But then I talk to Brie and Bekah and look at those pictures and my heart screams "Why aren't you there yet??"



This summer was great. It challenged me, frustrated me, fulfilled me. I got lots of mini projects done, some big projects too. Spent time with those closest to my heart, laughed and went on adventures with my family creating memories I'll never forget. Watched way too much television and reveled in being swept up in other's lives while I could sit and breathe and laugh on the couch. I learned how faithful God is, how present He is in my life, and how many blessings He's given me. I got to see the beautiful new life God granted Megan and Daniel and I immediately fell in love with tiny (yet...pretty large for his age) Taylor Westbay Cortez.



I wouldn't say leaving is getting any easier, but now I know how sweet it is to come home. I also know how fun and exciting it is to arrive in Seattle. I've been singing this song lately:



Sugarland and Bon Jovi - 'Who Says You Can't Go Home"



Ive spent 20 years tryin to get out of this place

I was lookin for somethin i couldn't replace

I was runin away from the only thing I've ever known

Like a blind dog without a bone

I was a gypsy lost in the twilight zone

I hijacked a rainbow and crashed into a pot of gold

Ive been there done that and I aint lookin back on the seeds

Ive sown. saving dimes, spending too much time on the telephone....



(chorus) who says you cant go home

theres only one place they call you one of their own

Just a hometown boy born a rolling stone

who says you cant go home

who says you cant go back

been all around the world and as a matter of fact

theres only one place left i wanna go

who says you cant go home

its alright, its alright, its alright, its alright, its alright



i went as far as i could tryin to find a new face

There isnt one of these lines that i would erase

i left a million miles of memories on that road

every step i take i know that im not alone

You can take the home from the boy but not the boy from his home

these are my streets the only life ive ever known

Who says you can't go home



(chorus)



Dosent matter where you are

Dosent matter where you go

If its a million miles away or just a mile up the road

take it in, take it with you when you go

who says you can't go home

(chorus)

Who says you cant go home!